The Outsiders (British band)
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The Outsiders were an early British punk rock
group from Wimbledon
, England
. Their debut LP, Calling On Youth, was the first self-released punk album in the UK.
Adrian Borland
was central to the group, manning vocals and guitar. Bob Lawrence was on bass
,
and Adrian 'Jan' Janes manned the drums. Their debut LP, Calling On Youth, was self-released on their Raw Edge label in May 1977,
and won them unfavourable reviews: "apple-cheeked Ade has a complexion that would turn a Devon milkmaid green with envy", reported the NME
.
An EP that November, One To Infinity, was labelled as "Tuneless, gormless, gutless...I like them a lot." by Tony Parsons in the NME, but was praised in a less contradictory manner elsewhere.
It was followed by a second album Close Up in 1979. This received better, but still cautious, reviews from the press;
the NME concluded that it was a patchy album, but from "a band with a future."
After this album, Lawrence and Janes left, and Borland went on to front the post-punk
group The Sound
.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
group from Wimbledon
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Their debut LP, Calling On Youth, was the first self-released punk album in the UK.
Adrian Borland
Adrian Borland
Adrian Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, bestknown as the lead singer of post-punk band The Sound...
was central to the group, manning vocals and guitar. Bob Lawrence was on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
,
and Adrian 'Jan' Janes manned the drums. Their debut LP, Calling On Youth, was self-released on their Raw Edge label in May 1977,
and won them unfavourable reviews: "apple-cheeked Ade has a complexion that would turn a Devon milkmaid green with envy", reported the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
.
An EP that November, One To Infinity, was labelled as "Tuneless, gormless, gutless...I like them a lot." by Tony Parsons in the NME, but was praised in a less contradictory manner elsewhere.
It was followed by a second album Close Up in 1979. This received better, but still cautious, reviews from the press;
the NME concluded that it was a patchy album, but from "a band with a future."
After this album, Lawrence and Janes left, and Borland went on to front the post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
group The Sound
The Sound
The Sound were an English post-punk band, formed in 1979 and dissolved in 1988. The band was fronted by Adrian Borland and evolved from his previous band, The Outsiders...
.